Tag: Denmark

• Thursday, November 5th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Denmark will cull 15 million mink following detection of a mutated coronavirus

  

  Denmark, the world’s biggest producer of mink fur, said on Wednesday it would cull all of the country’s minks after a mutated version of the new coronavirus was detected at mink farms and had spread to people.

• Thursday, July 16th 2020 - 08:03 UTC

  Danish ice cream maker removes the brand “Eskimo” from one of its products

  

  A Danish ice cream maker said on Wednesday it would remove the name “Eskimo” from one of its products in case it offended Inuit and other Arctic people. Hansens Is said it had opposed changing the name of its Eskimo ice lolly but after careful consideration had decided to choose a more suitable name.

• Saturday, July 4th 2020 - 07:30 UTC

  Monuments vandalizing spree: Copenhagen's Little Mermaid described as a “racist fish”

  

  Denmark woke up on Friday to the words “racist fish” scrawled across the base of the Little Mermaid, the bronze statue honoring Hans Christian Andersen's famous fairy tale that perches on a rock in the sea off a pier in Copenhagen.

• Wednesday, February 12th 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  The Danish central bank experience with record negative interest rate could be coming to an end

  

  Denmark and Switzerland have long shared the world record in negative interest rates, at minus 0.75%. But that may be about to change. Economists at some of the biggest Nordic banks say Denmark, which pegs the krone to the euro, is likely to raise its key rate in the coming months.

• Monday, October 14th 2019 - 09:28 UTC

  Denmark sets up internal border checks with Sweden

  

  Denmark’s Justice Minister Nick Haekkerup announced in Copenhagen that the country will set up temporary internal border checks at the border with Sweden starting next month.

• Saturday, August 17th 2019 - 07:40 UTC

  Trump's attempt to purchase Greenland, puts the Arctic in the geostrategic global map

  

  President Donald Trump's reported wish to buy Greenland may have been rejected by Denmark, but it underscores the rapidly rising value of the massive, ice-covered island due to global warming and to China's drive for an Arctic presence.

• Tuesday, March 19th 2019 - 08:30 UTC

  Danish Royals visit Argentina with a delegation to promete business and trade

  

  Denmark's Queen Margrethe II and Crown Prince Frederik are spearheading an official state visit to Argentina which started this Monday ahead of a larger business delegation which seeks to make inroads in the country. 

• Tuesday, January 29th 2019 - 09:31 UTC

  African swine fever scare in Europe; Denmark builds a 70km fence in the border with Germany

  

  Denmark has started building a 70km fence along its border with Germany in an effort to control the migration of wild boar. There are fears that African swine fever, which has been found in two dead wild boars in Belgium, could threaten Denmark's huge pig industry. If the disease spreads, it could jeopardize almost US$ 1.7bn in pork-product exports from Denmark.

• Tuesday, November 20th 2018 - 08:39 UTC

  France and Denmark have second thoughts about economic sanctions on Iran, after foiled attacks

  

  European Union foreign ministers showed cautious support on Monday for possible new economic sanctions on Iran in a shift of policy after accusations of Iranian attack plots in France and Denmark, diplomats said.

• Friday, April 20th 2018 - 09:23 UTC

  Nazi submarine wreck off Denmark torpedoes theory that Hitler fled to Argentina

  

  A missing World War Two U-boat—which has long been rumored to have carried Nazi leaders to South America as the Third Reich collapsed—has been found off the coast of Denmark. The U-3523 submarine, a cutting-edge vessel developed at the very end of the war, was discovered at a depth of around 400 feet, 10 nautical miles north of the Danish Coast, by researchers at Sea War Museum Jutland.